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THE WILLOW TREE (Majid Majidi, 2005)
Yousef, a 45-year-old university professor, has been blind since an accident when he was seven. A cornea transplant partially restores his sight. It turns out that blindness had given structure to his… more »
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Pedar (The father) - Majid Majidi
Srikanth Srinivasan wrote 1 week ago: For a large part of the world Majid Majidi’s filmography begins with the disarmingly charming Chil … more »
THE WILLOW TREE (Majid Majidi, 2005)
grunes wrote 4 weeks ago: Yousef, a 45-year-old university professor, has been blind since an accident when he was seven. A co … more »
At Five in the Afternoon (Iran/France 2003)
venicelion wrote 1 month ago: Samira Makhmalbaf (right) with actor Agheleh Rezaie and Marziyeh Meshkini At Five in the Afternoon … more »
FIREWORKS WEDNESDAY (Asghar Farhadi, 2006)
grunes wrote 1 month ago: Reminiscent of Delbert Mann’s films in the U.S. in the 1950s (Marty, The Bachelor Party), Asgh … more »
Bacheha ye aseman (Children of heaven) by Majid Majidi
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Ankur Sharma wrote 1 month ago: If big things often come in small packages, then “the children of heaven” is as small as they ge … more »
The Color of Paradise by Majid Majidi
Ankur Sharma wrote 1 month ago: There are few moments in one’s passage on earth that decide the course of meandering river we call … more »
ABC Africa by Abbas Kiarostami
Ankur Sharma wrote 2 months ago: Trust Kiarostami to try something offbeat and come out of it not only unscathed, but blow everyone … more »
Reading without rhythm - 24/4/08
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strangeknight wrote 2 months ago: () Thanks TokyoMango! - Vom leisen Inferno der Depression und von der Unheimlichkeit des Glücks. - … more »
The Color of Paradise
becomingbethany wrote 3 months ago: Anyone reading this blog who knows me will know that I am a huge admirer of Majid Majidi’s wor … more »
THE APPLE (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1997)
grunes wrote 3 months ago: Please see, in context, the CODA to my piece on Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-up, which you will fi … more »
NIGHTSONGS (Marva Nabili, 1983)
grunes wrote 5 months ago: Marva Nabili, an Iranian émigré fleeing the Islamic Revolution, settled in the United States. Her … more »
THE MIRROR (Jafar Panahi, 1997)
grunes wrote 5 months ago: There would be good films ahead for Jafar Panahi, but Ayneh is only irritating. It revolves around a … more »
THE PEAR TREE (Dariush Mehrjui, 1998)
grunes wrote 5 months ago: While not so great as it insists it is throughout (the filmmaking is rudimentary and rife with visua … more »
AT FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2003)
grunes wrote 6 months ago: Written by Iran’s Mohsen Makhmalbaf and daughter Samira, Panj é asr is a compassionate film about … more »
Movie for the weekend - The Color of Paradise (Rang-E-Khoda)
Liju Philip wrote 7 months ago: We talk of Iran and all that we think is of a hardcore Islamic nation, an irresponsible nuclear nati … more »
BARAN (Majid Majidi, 2001)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: Without doubt the worst Iranian film I have seen, but an art house success here nevertheless, Baran … more »
NUN VA GOLDOON (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 1996)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: I haven’t the faintest idea what Nun va Goldoon means in English, but an online Farsi-English dict … more »
THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (Abbas Kiarostami, 1994)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Asian Films list, which I invite you to vis … more »
LIFE AND NOTHING MORE (Abbas Kiarostami, 1992)
grunes wrote 8 months ago: The following is one of the entries from my 100 Greatest Asian Films list, which I invite you to vis … more »
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